
First Among Sequels
Thursday Next, Book 5
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Narrated by:
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Emily Gray
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By:
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Jasper Fforde
About this listen
Fourteen years after her last adventure, Thursday Next, literary detective, finds herself in an unusual situation her job policing the fictional characters of the BookWorld has been downgraded since her previous escapades are now themselves in print.
However, a pressing threat may call her back into action: first Sherlock Holmes and then Miss Marple are found dead, stopping their series in their tracks. When Thursdays written self also receives a death threat, it becomes clear that a serial killer is on the loose.
Meanwhile, the Goliath Corporation plan on taking literary tourists on holiday in the novels of Jane Austen. Thursday alone realizes the true intent of Goliaths unwanted incursions into fiction, but she can’t fight all these battles on her own. She must team up with the one person she can’t really get along with: the written Thursday Next.
©2007 Jasper Fforde (P)2007 Recorded BooksNow where's the next one?!
did I miss a book?
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If you could sum up First Among Sequels in three words, what would they be?
I could not ...What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
I preferred the previous narrator - Gabrielle Kruger. Ms Gray's reading lacked the character, both of Thursday as narrator, and of the other charactersAny additional comments?
I was surprised to realise that the reader appeared to be using an American text - frequent use of 'gotten' where my edition uses the English form of 'got'. This might not matter - but I am intrigued to know if there are any other changes.Fforde as good as ever.
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Why is this an American version?
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Absolutely loved it
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The author clearly has a wide ranging knowledge of the classics and characters which are brought to life.
Well worth the time spent listening to it.
Enthralling
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What’s with all the breathy voices? Not easy on the ears. Prefer reader from first three books.
Why so many Americanisms ?
Cookies, cell phone etc. It’s set in Swindon for heaven’s sake.
Had to give up with this halfway thru
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What would Thursday make of the americanisations?
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Awesome addition to the series
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Though i personally enjoy the other narrator in this series more, this one is Perfectly good.
Thanks JF
Rambly but fun return
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